Improvement in oheese-boxes



D..M. COLE, OF ELGIN, ILLINOISf Letters Patent No.74,797, dated February 25, 1868.

IMPROVEMENT in casses-Boxes.

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TO ALL WHQM IT MAY CONCERJN:

Be it known that I, D. M. COLE, of Elgin, in the county of Kane, und State of Illinois, have invented a new und useful Improvement in Cheese-Boxes; and I do hereby declare that theifollowing is a full und exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters 4of reference marked thereon, making a. part of this specification, in which Figure 1 is a perspective View of the box.

Figure 2 is a vertical transverse section through the same.

Figure 3, is a transverse section on line e e, showing the manner o f connecting the rim to the surfaceof tho cover. l I

Figure 4 is a transverse section on lneff.

Similari'letters of reference, where they occur in theseparate figures, denote like parts in both of the drawings. v p 4 i It is found necessary, in the manufacturing. and preserving of cheese, to place the same in a tight box, composed of some thnmaterial, so constructed as to closely cover the cheese, whereby the same' is protected from the cheese-Hy, which is destructive to the same. For this purpos'e'wood has been formerly used, but there is a diiicul'ty arising from the uso of such boxes. The material of which the same is composed must necessarily bc from one-fourth to' three-eighths of an inch in thickness, to give `the box the required strength. Thus the Vthickness ofthe material makes it diiiicult to bend to the proper shape without steaming', which opens the grain or pores ofthe wood; vthus the sides of the box crack while seasoning, which makes the box imperfect. To obviate this diiculty, I' construct my boxes of a thin veneer-ing of wood covered with several thicknesses or layers of heavy paper, firmly compressed together in a solution of glue, white lead, and alum, or any equivalent substance, whereby the same is made tight, firm, and durable. Y

To enable others skilled in the art to construct anduse my invention, I will proceed to describe the same with reference to the drawings.

A represents the sides ofthe box, and B the bottom, `which is of several layers of heavy paper. Said bottom is connected to the sides by means oi' pieces of cloth of any textile substance, 1 2 3 4, moreor less, which is fastened between the upper and lower loyer of paperby means of asolution of glue, white lead, and alum, (or any equivalent adhesive substance.) Their outer ends nre bent :iround and upward between the outer and inner layers of the sides of the box, and are also fastened therein by means `of said solution, thus firmly connecting the sides to the bottom. C represents the cover, 'which isconneeted to the rim thereof by means of like textile substance and solution. E represents the inner layer or casing, which is of a thin veneering of wood,'rmly connected to the paper, forming tlie outer casing or side of the box, by means of said solution.

The objects of this style of box are several.` First, by using paper for the,outer casing, and connecting the same to the bottom by means of said strips of cloth, the box can be made-tighter, more durable= and at a less expense than any heretofore-known arrangement; second, by constructing the inner casing of n. thin veneering of wood, the dampness from the cheese is prevented from softening the paper. Thus the cheese can be preserved for a'greater length of time than ii' the some were packed in all wood or paper boxes.V

I am aware that boxes have been known and used, constructed of all paper, the bottom of the sides of the same being notched and bent around and connected to the bottom, but such I do not claim, broadly considered.

Having thus described the nature and object of my invention, what I cl'aimas new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination of the outer and inner case E and A, constructedsubstantially as and for the purpose specied. I I

2. Connecting the cover and bottom to the rim and sides of a paper box, by means oi' strips of textil substance, 1 2 3 more o r less, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

l D. M. COLE.

Witnesses:

N. H. SHEnBUnNn, O, DAVIDSON. 

